Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation - 13th Italian Workshop, WIVACE 2018 Parma, Italy, September 10–12, 2018 Revised Selected Papers

This volume of Communication in Computer and Information Science contains the proceedings of WIVACE 2018, the XIII Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation. The event was successfully held on the Sciences Campus of the University of Parma, Italy, during September 10–12, 2018. WIVACE aimed to bring together researchers working in the field of artificial life and evolutionary computation to present and share their research in a multidisciplinary context. The workshop provided a forum for the discussion of new research directions and applications in different fields, where different disciplines effectively meet. Some examples of these interdisciplinary topics are: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Bioinspired Algorithms and Robotics, Complex Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Genetic Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation of Artificial, Biological, Social and Business Intelligence Systems, Synthetic and Systems Biology and Chemistry, Theories and Applications of Artificial Life, Quantum Computing. Applications of Artificial Life, Quantum Computing. WIVACE 2018 received 30 total submissions, 24 of which were selected for presentation at the workshop as either long or short talks. We accepted 12 high-quality papers (40% of the original submissions) for publication in an extended version in this proceedings volume, after a single-blind review round performed by at least three Program Committee members. Submissions and participants in WIVACE 2018 came from 13 different countries making WIVACE an increasingly international event despite its origins as an Italian workshop. Following this ever-increasing international spirit, future WIVACE editions are expected to be held also outside Italy. Many people contributed to this successful edition. We express our gratitude to the authors for submitting their works, to the members of the Program Committee for devoting so much effort to reviewing papers despite a tight schedule, and finally to the invited speakers of both WIVACE and the special session on quantum computing.